About The Singers
The University Singers have presented international concert tours throughout Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica, South Korea, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, England & Costa Rica. These experiences have provided life changing musical, cultural & spiritual experiences for the music scholars, while they pursue their various degrees at Southwestern Adventist University. On tour, they have been featured in the worlds top concert venues, including Portsmouth Cathedral, Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight, Turku Cathedral, The US Embassy in Bratislava, The American Spring Festival in Prague, Samyook University in Seoul, Universidad Nacional Costa Rica on behalf of ACDA CR, Aveiro Choral Festival, St. Paul’s Within the Walls in Rome, The Rock Church in Helsinki, The American Church in Paris, Sta Clara Kyrkan in Stockholm, Pentemont Abbey in Paris, the historic Naatalin kirkko in Naantali, Finland, the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal and the most prestigious sacred venue in the world, Westminster Abbey in London.
The Singers have also been featured throughout the United States across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, Washington D.C., Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Vermont, Florida & New York. They have performed in prestigious venues, such as, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, The Senate Bible Study in Washington D.C., First Lutheran Church of Boston, Asbury United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, St. Andrew UMC in Plano, St. Stephen Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth, First United Methodist Church in Orlando, Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas State Capitol Rotunda in Austin, St. Vincent’s Cathedral in Bedford, The Historic St. Joseph’s Parish in San Antonio, Bass Performance Hall with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for the Bernstein Centennial Concert and annually at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.
The University Singers are avid champions of new choral music, with 9 commissions and world premieres to date. The most recent composers have been with Ēriks Ešenvalds (I Believe for Choir & Strings) 2017, Kim André Arnesen (Sing the Earth for Choir, Brass, Organ & Percussion) 2018, Craig Courtney (Psalm 23 for Choir, Piano & Strings) 2019, Dr. Brandon Boyd (I’ll Fly Away for Choir, Piano, Bass & Drums) 2020, Philip W. Stopford (God is Our Hope and Strength for Choir, Brass, Organ and Percussion) in 2022 and Elaine Hagenberg (Valley of Vision for Choir and Piano) in 2023. Each of these pieces were commissioned for and premiered by The University Singers at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Singers have been led by American Conductor, Vocalist & Music Educator Jonathan E. L. Wall since 2009.